They say your first love as a daughter
is your father.
He will be the first man who wrongs you
the first man to constantly apologize for the same actions like video glitch
the first man whose excuses justify his flaws because he is victim.
You will believe him for a long time
Collecting his sorries in the scars his issues leave
feeling that his faults are generated by the unfairness of the world
and not by his actions.
He’ll commit crimes men you come to love will commit against you
because all your life, he’s made you sorcerer
turning his mistakes into diamonds
extinguishing his faults through quick spells
mixing his lies into folklore.
This is the cycle you’ll continue
because you love your father
and that love makes disappointment several sugarcoats away.
They say your first love as a daughter
is your father.
He will be the knight in shining armor
kept awake at night by this nightmare
called man meets daughter
seeing his faults plastered as a face
and a smile.
Good men are hard to find, he’ll tell you
and you will look for someone like him,
this good man,
only to discover men like him will exist in every corner.
Isioma West 